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Comfort v. Lynn Sch. Comm.

Civil Procedure, Education Law
In an action involving a race-based student assignment policy, district court's denial of plaintiff's motion for relief from final judgment is...

Satcher v. Univ. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Bd. of Tr.

Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action involving the dismissal of a university professor, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where:...

The Sch. Bd. of Palm Beach County, Florida v. Survivors Charter Sch.

Administrative Law, Education Law
In an action involving Florida charter schools and the Administrative Procedure Act, lower court's decision is vacated and remanded where the...

Nguyen-Lam v. Cao

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation action, trial court's authorization for plaintiff to amend her complaint to plead actual malice based on evidence submitted for...

Cahoon v. Ventura Unified Sch. Dist.

Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Writ of mandate compelling reinstatement of plaintiff is affirmed where a permanent classified district employee who enters a plea of nolo contendere...

Otero-Burgos v. Inter Am. Univ.

Contracts, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a breach of contract action between a professor and Inter American University, district court's order dismissing plaintiff's breach of contract...

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Bd. of Regents for the Univ. of Louisiana Sys.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a suit alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, denial of defendant's motion to dismiss on Eleventh Amendment grounds is...

Dept. of Finance v. Com. On State Mandates

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a case to brought by plaintiff-Department of Finance to overturn decision of defendant-Commission on State Mandates that the Public Safety Officers...

Kolter v. Comm'n on Prof'l Competence etc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The governing board of a school district may convene in a closed session to initiate the process to dismiss a permanent certificated teacher without...

American Civil Liberties Union v. Miami-Dade Cty.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Media Law
In a claim contesting the removal of a non-fiction book at a public school for containing factual errors, grant for preliminary injuction in favor of...